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The Bunch do Halloween, a Birthday, and Thanksgiving

No, this is not a Halloween photo, but that required the TB and what can I say......I'm lazy, so enjoy a Christmas picture.

Okay, I promise my first resolution in the New Year will be to update more regularly. It never feels like it has been as long as it has. First things first. The kids decided that they rather do door to door trick or treating this year instead of our church's Fall Festival. The church for the first time was doing a trunk or treat instead of their typical festival. However, the kids use the opportunity of Halloween to stock up on candy for the rest of the year. They feel that door to door trick or treating yields better results. I got T a pirate costume that he was just adorable in, but since the girls are older I made them an offer. I could either buy them a new Halloween costume or they could go as something we already have and use the costume money to purchase new clothes. Needless to say they both opted to get new clothes and wore some of their ballet costumes we had laying around. I think everyone still looked great and we had a fun 1.5 mile trick or treat route that yielded full bags of candy.
This is the actual birthday picture.

My oldest baby turned 20 on Nov. 8. I cannot believe he is out of his teens. It seems like only yesterday he was 7. He wanted mexican food for his birthday so we went to El Fenix and then came home and ate a honey bun cake I had made. We gave him what every college kid needs.....money!
The kids table.

Yep, the first Thanksgiving Day casualty was mine. 

My nephew is a great photo bomber!

This year was the first Thanksgiving in 5 years that my husband did not work. Our normal routine had been to do a 5k then watch the parade and dog show while eating the take out I picked up the day before. This year we went to my in laws and had Thanksgiving with 19 people. it was wonderful. The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins and we got to catch with everyone and see how they were doing. I did not realize how much I missed a real Thanksgiving until we did it.
We are now all decorated and ready for the Christmas holidays. I can't wait for all the holiday fun!

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